Metal card



Patented Aug. 21, 1928.

UNITED STATES SOLOMON KLEPFER, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

METAL cm).

Application filed September 22, 1926. Serial No. 137,055. i

This invention aims to provide a novel division plate for a filingcabinet, the division plate being so Constructed that it can be movedforwardly or backwardly, and not 6 carry with it, the slips of paperwhich are between it and another division plate.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means whereby thedivision plate may be handled readily and may be mounted in a cabinet.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the inventionappertains.

With the aboveand other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit oftheinvention. 26 n the drawings Figure 1 shows in elevation, a deviceconstructed in accordance with the invention, a part of the cabinetappearing in section,

Figure 2 is a side elevation.

The plate 1 is made of any desired ma terial, but metal is preferred,and a light metal, such as aluminum, may be used. The plate 1 is ofrectangular contour and is provided at its lower end with a dependingfinger 2, located about midway between the side edges3 and 4 of thelate. The finger 2 has an opening 5. The nger 2 is adapted to extenddownwardly into a slot 6 that is formed in the bottom 7 of the filingcabinet. The filing cabinet may be supplied with a rod 8 or otherretainer, which, passing through the opening 5, holds the division platein place in the cabinet, without, however, preventing the plate frombeing tilted forwardly or backwardly, as occasion may demand. For thepurposes of identification or classification, and to facilitate themovement of the division plate, the same is supvent the leaf fromswinging plied on itsupper edge 9 with an upstand- 111 otheridentifyingmark, as at 11. The tab 10 may be located anywhere betweenthe edges 3 and 4 of the plate. Near to its upper edge 9,,the plate 1has a plurality of one of the leaves 1 1 which is immediately adjacentto the said plate, and, often, other leaves are carried along in thesame way, also. In the device forming the subject matter of thisapplication, the plate 1 may be swung forward and will not .carry theslip or leaf of paper along withit. This is true because the plate isprovided near to its upper edge with the openings 12 which admit air onthe upper part of the leafand pre forwardly along with the plate.

What is claimed is A device of the class described embodying a divisionplate adapted to be used between thin slips in a filing and indexingmechanism, the plate being stiff enough so that it can be tilted withoutbending, the plate being provided near to its upper edge with aplurality of transversely spaced openings which are elongatedperpendicularly to said edge sufficiently to admit air on theimperforate portion of the slip next adjoining the plate, thereby toprevent the slips from being carried along with the plate when the plateis tilted as aforesaid.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature. I

SOLOMON KLEPFER.

tab 10 which may carry a numeral or 50 I

